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Victoria C. Woodhull: “No one will question the right of man to make from nature the most of beauty it is capable of, nor to make it most…”

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No one will question the right of man to make from nature the most of beauty it is capable of, nor to make it most conducive to all his natural desires.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull defends the right of individuals to enhance nature for their aesthetic and personal desires.

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